Decatur GA

Authorities identified the suspects as Elijah Russell of Albany, Treison Booker of Powder Springs, and Cortez Johnson of Atlanta.

ATLANTA — A Decatur man has been arraigned on federal charges after allegedly discharging firearms in a residential neighborhood last year, authorities said. Shikino Quantavius Reid, 31, was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 24, 2026, and now faces a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted...

A late-afternoon fight near Hamilton Park in Scottdale turned into a shooting Tuesday, sending two men to the hospital and jolting a neighborhood that leans on the park as a community hub. The gunfire erupted just before 5 p.m. in the 400 block of Glendale Road, where officers arrived to...

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ATLANTA — Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting last week outside of a Vine City food mart, according to Atlanta Police. Ezzard Glenn, 35, was taken into custody on Wednesday by the Atlanta Police Department’s Fugitive Unit. Nicholas Meadows, 36, was arrested March 27 by the Craighead...

Police confirmed it was a drive-by shooting. We are working to get a response from law enforcement and the community on Channel 2 Action News starting at 4:00 p.m.

What started as a suspicious sighting during a police operation quickly turned into an arrest after officers took a close look at a bag left behind. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] On March 14, Gwinnett County officers were working a special detail when they noticed a man walking from...

ATLANTA — Governor Brian Kemp was asked Wednesday if he'll heed Democratic calls to veto a bill that would make many local elections in just the five major metro Atlanta counties nonpartisan, but deferred for the time being, saying he hasn't yet really looked at it. The bill has...

Veterans Affairs employees, nurses, and others gathered in Decatur to remember the life of a social worker killed in a shooting at the Georgia VA clinic where he worked.

ATLANTA — A suspect is in custody after a fatal shooting in a Clarkston parking lot Tuesday night, police said. Officers responded around 8:22 p.m. to reports of gunfire at the Clarkston Food Mart on North Indian Creek Drive, where they found a 61-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced...